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- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum)
An In-time Aviation Safety Management System (IASMS) Concept of Operations for Vertiport Design and Operations
The National Airspace System is foreseen to undergo revolutionary change with Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and its use of vertiports to transport passengers and cargo.
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (Journal of Physics: Conference Series)
Functional and Safety Challenges of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems for Application in Electrified Regional Aircraft
This paper identifies potential weaknesses and challenges of hydrogen fuel cell systems as main energy provider for electrified aircraft propulsion and presents potential solutions.
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (Drones)
Advanced Air Mobility Operation and Infrastructure for Sustainable Connected eVTOL Vehicle
Advanced air mobility (AAM) is an emerging sector in aviation aiming to offer secure, efficient, and eco-friendly transportation utilizing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article
Safety Management Systems in Aviation
Contents: Foreword Preface Prologue - Quest Airlines Introduction to SMS History and evolution of safety Principles of quality management Hazards Risks Controls Taxonomies Process-based safety risk management/safety assu…
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (Safety)
SHIELD Human Factors Taxonomy and Database for Learning from Aviation and Maritime Safety Occurrences
Human factors (HF) in aviation and maritime safety occurrences are not always systematically analysed and reported in a way that makes the extraction of trends and comparisons possible in support of effective safety mana…
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (CEAS Aeronautical Journal)
Automotive safety approach for future eVTOL vehicles
The eVTOL industry is a rapidly growing mass market expected to start in 2024. eVTOL compete, caused by their predicted missions, with ground-based transportation modes, including mainly passenger cars.
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (Journal of Agrometeorology)
Enhancing livelihoods in farming communities through super-resolution agromet advisories using advanced digital agriculture technologies
Agricultural production in India is highly vulnerable to climate change. Transformational change to farming systems is required to cope with this changing climate to maintain food security, and ensure farming to remain e…
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum)
The Impact of Multi-Stack Fuel Cell Configurations on Electrical Architecture for a Zero Emission Regional Aircraft
All-electric aircraft can eliminate greenhouse gas emissions during aircraft mission, but the low predicted energy storage density of batteries (=0.5 kWh/kg), and their life cycle, limits aircraft payload and range for r…
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (Sustainability)
The Possibility of Using Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage/Battery Hybrid Energy Storage Systems Instead of Generators as Backup Power Sources for Electric Aircraft
The annual growth rate of aircraft passengers is estimated to be 6.5%, and the CO2 emissions from current large-scale aviation transportation technology will continue to rise dramatically.
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (Applied Sciences)
Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Exploratory Cyber-Physical Safety Analyzer Framework for Civilian Urban Air Mobility
Urban air mobility (UAM) has become a potential candidate for civilization for serving smart citizens, such as through delivery, surveillance, and air taxis.
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (Safety Science)
Safety and reliability in aviation – A systematic scoping review of normal accident theory, high-reliability theory, and resilience engineering in aviation
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (Safety Science)
A pragmatic approach to the limitations of safety management systems in aviation
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (Safety Science)
Team adaptation and safety in aviation
- Semantic Scholar 2023 Article (AHFE International)
Managing fatigue in aviation maintenance while promoting a human factors safety reporting system; a strategic approach to aviation safety
The potential rise of fatigue in commercial aviation maintenance due to Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) personnel shortages supports a Human Factors (HF) Fatigue Risk Management (FRM) System be introduced in all ma…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (ORL)
Olfactory Training Impacts Olfactory Dysfunction Induced by COVID-19: A Pilot Study
Introduction: Olfactory dysfunction is one of the main symptoms of COVID-19 and may last beyond resolution of the infection. The most promising intervention for post-viral olfactory dysfunction is olfactory training (OT)…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Journal of Safety Research)
The effect of COVID-19 on self-reported safety incidents in aviation: An examination of the heterogeneous effects using causal machine learning
Introduction: Disruptions to aviation operations occur daily on a micro-level with negligible impacts beyond the inconvenience of rebooking and changing aircrew schedules.
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (IEEE transactions on intelligent transportation systems (Print))
Safety Assured Online Guidance With Airborne Separation for Urban Air Mobility Operations in Uncertain Environments
The concept of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) proposes to use revolutionary new electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to provide efficient and on-demand air transportation service between places previously u…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Aerospace)
Natural Language Processing of Aviation Safety Reports to Identify Inefficient Operational Patterns
With the growth in commercial aviation traffic and the need for improved environmental performance, strategies to lower emissions that can be implemented in the near term are necessary.
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Cognition, Technology & Work)
The case for change: aviation worker wellbeing during the COVID 19 pandemic, and the need for an integrated health and safety culture
The workplace is an important setting for health protection, health promotion and disease prevention. Currently, health and wellbeing approaches at an aviation organisational level are not addressing both human and safet…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum)
A Future In-time Aviation Safety Management System (IASMS) Perspective for Commercial Air Carriers
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum)
Reachability based Online Safety Verification for High-Density Urban Air Mobility Trajectory Planning
This paper presents a safe and scalable real-time trajectory planning framework for high-density Urban Air Mobility (UAM). The framework extends our previously developed highly efficient Markov Decision Process (MDP) bas…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo)
Minimising the effect of degradation of fuel cell stacks on an integrated propulsion architecture for an electrified aircraft
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) are receiving interest as an electrical source of energy for aircraft propulsion electrification.
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Journal of Safety Research)
Go-around accidents and general aviation safety.
INTRODUCTION Changes in General Aviation (GA) accident rates, specifically in the go-around phase, are examined by comparing the number of accidents, the proportion of fatal accidents, and the proportion of certain cause…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Safety)
Assessing and Advancing Safety Management in Aviation
A safety management system (SMS) is the overall set of procedures, documentation, and knowledge systems as well as the processes using them, which are employed within an organisation to control and improve its safety per…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Sustainability)
Introductory Disaster Training for Aspiring Teachers: A Pilot Study
Schools may serve as shelters after a disaster in many countries, including Japan. However, teachers are unaware of the need to balance education and shelter management responsibilities under such circumstances.
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Journal of Safety Research)
The effect of an embargo, sanctions and culture on safety climate: A qualitative view from aviation maintenance in the MENA region.
INTRODUCTION Safety climate assessment is a key measure of organizational safety. A strong safety climate is integral to the high safety performance in aviation.
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Journal of Power Sources)
Performance and failure analysis of a retrofitted Cessna aircraft with a Fuel Cell Power System fuelled with liquid hydrogen
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (IEEE transactions on industry applications)
Effect of Endogenous Failure Events on the Survivability of Turboelectric Distributed Propulsion System
Recent advancements in aircraft electrification have led to the introduction of turboelectric distributed propulsion (TeDP). For instance, NASA's N3X airplane aims to curb jet fuel emissions with the aid of TeDP.
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Safety Science)
Safety and security implications of crisis-driven austerity HRM practices in commercial aviation: A structural equation modelling approach
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Human Factors in Transportation)
Safety and Privacy in Urban Air Mobility (UAM) - A User Centric Design Approach Providing Insights into People´s Preferences for UAM Cabin Designs
For years, manufacturers and research institutions around the world have been working on various concepts to start a new era of urban and suburban transportation for people with so-called Air Taxis.
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article (Data in Brief)
Cockpit voice recorder transcript data: Capturing safety voice and safety listening during historic aviation accidents
Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) transcripts capture audio data within cockpit environments. This aids the investigation of causal factors contributing to aviation accidents by revealing communication and other sounds prior …
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article (Frontiers in Physiology)
Fatigue in Aviation: Safety Risks, Preventive Strategies and Pharmacological Interventions
Fatigue poses an important safety risk to civil and military aviation. In addition to decreasing performance in-flight (chronic) fatigue has negative long-term health effects.
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article
The dynamics between voluntary safety reporting and commercial aviation accidents
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article (CEAS Aeronautical Journal)
Safety considerations and time constant determined extended operations for fuel cell-powered aircrafts
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are seen to be promising for achieving the transformation from traditional aircrafts to All Electric aircrafts (AEA).
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article
The impact of human factors on pilots’ safety behavior in offshore aviation companies: A brazilian case
Abstract This study explores the concepts of human factors and their key role in the safety of offshore aviation companies through qualitative research.
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article (2021 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS))
Classification of Partial Discharge in Electric Aircraft based on Short-Term Behavior of Insulation Systems
warming crisis has started a movement toward the reduction of emissions and fossil-fuel dependency. A major potential resides in the transportation sector which has led to the proliferation of electric vehicles.
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article (AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM)
HorizonUAM: Safety and Security Considerations for Urban Air Mobility
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article (Safety Science)
Safety voice and safety listening during aviation accidents: Cockpit voice recordings reveal that speaking-up to power is not enough
Abstract Safety voice is theorised as an important factor for mitigating accidents, but behavioural research during actual hazards has been scant.
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article (Reliability Engineering & System Safety)
Bayesian network modeling of accident investigation reports for aviation safety assessment
Abstract Safety assurance is of paramount importance in the air transportation system. In this paper, we analyze the historical passenger airline accidents that happened from 1982 to 2006 as reported in the National Tran…
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article (Scientific Reports)
Cloud icing by mineral dust and impacts to aviation safety
Ice particles in high-altitude cold clouds can obstruct aircraft functioning. Over the last 20 years, there have been more than 150 recorded cases with engine power-loss and damage caused by tiny cloud ice crystals, whic…
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article (Safety Science)
Examining the most accident-prone sector within commercial aviation: Why do accidents with light inland helicopters occur, and how can we improve safety?
Abstract Light inland helicopter has for several years been the most accident-prone sector within commercial aviation, with a more than 10 times higher accident risk than offshore helicopters.
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article (Journal of Physics: Conference Series)
A Comparative Overview of Accident Forecasting Approaches for Aviation Safety
The demand of air transportation is expected to be doubled over the next two decades as per the recommendations of the International Air Transport Association.
- Semantic Scholar 2021 Article (Supportive Care in Cancer)
Gut microbiota and fatigue in rectal cancer patients: a cross-sectional pilot study
Differentially abundant microbial taxa were identified in fatigued and non-fatigued rectal cancer participants at the end of CRT, however, the exact role of these taxa in the biology ofCRT-related fatigue remains to be e…
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Atmosphere)
Radiation in the Atmosphere—A Hazard to Aviation Safety?
Exposure of aircrew to cosmic radiation has been recognized as an occupational health risk for several decades. Based on the recommendations by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), many countri…
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Journal of Astronomy & Space Sciences)
Validation of KREAM Based on In-Situ Measurements of Aviation Radiation in Commercial Flights
There has been increasing necessity of more precise prediction and measurements of aviation radiation in Korea. For our air crew and passengers’ radiation safety, we develop our own radiation prediction model of KREAM.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Supportive Care in Cancer)
The role of the gut microbiome in cancer-related fatigue: pilot study on epigenetic mechanisms
Recent evidence supports a key role of gut microbiome in brain health. We conducted a pilot study to assess associations of gut microbiome with cancer-related fatigue and explore the associations with DNA methylation cha…
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article
Analysis of Thermal Runaway Incidents Involving Lithium Batteries in U.S. Commercial Aviation
Thermal runaway incidents involving lithium batteries as cargo, in luggage, or as personal property in the cabin have been associated with fatalities, the destruction of cargo, and even the loss of entire aircraft.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Chronobiology International)
An evaluation of fatigue factors in maritime pilot work scheduling
ABSTRACT Maritime piloting operations involve on-call work schedules that may lead to sleep loss and circadian misalignment. Our study documented pilot work scheduling practices (n = 61) over a one-year period.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Sustainability)
Environmental Degradation and the Implementation of the Circular Economy in Commercial Aviation
Commercial aviation has made noteworthy contributions to society and the world economy over the past century. As growth in air traffic and the demand for commercial aircraft increase, the industry must grapple with conce…
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Journal of Physics: Conference Series)
Comparison of Detection Technology for Runway Incursion Prevention in Airport Hot Spot
The prevention of runway incursion in hot spot of airports has always been one of the research hot spots in the field of international civil aviation.